See also:

• LAZARUS (a contracted form of the Heb. name Eleazar, " God has helped," Gr. Aiq-apos)
• LAZARUS, EMMA (1849–1887)
• LAZARUS, HENRY (1815–1895)
• LAZARUS, MORITZ (1824–1903)
• LAZARUS, ST, ORDER OF

LAZARUS (a contracted See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of the Heb. name Eleazar, " See also:

• GOD

God has helped," Gr. Aiq-apos)  , a name which occurs in the New Testament in two connexions . I . See also:

• LAZARUS (a contracted form of the Heb. name Eleazar, " God has helped," Gr. Aiq-apos)
• LAZARUS, EMMA (1849–1887)
• LAZARUS, HENRY (1815–1895)
• LAZARUS, MORITZ (1824–1903)
• LAZARUS, ST, ORDER OF

LAZARUS of See also:

• BETHANY (mod. el-'Azariyeh)

BETHANY, See also:

• BROTHER

brother of Martha and See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary . The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story that he died and after four days was raised from the dead is told by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John (xi., xii.) only, and is not mentioned by the Synoptists . By many this is regarded as the greatest of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ's miracles . It produced a See also:

• GREAT

great effect upon many See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

Jews; the Ada Pilati says that See also:

• PILATE, PONTIUS

Pilate trembled when he heard of it, and, according to Bavle's See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary, See also:

• SPINOZA, BARUCH (1632-1677)

Spinoza declared that if he were persuaded of its truth he would become a See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian . The story has been attacked more vigorously than any other portion of the See also:

• FOURTH

Fourth See also:

• GOSPEL (O. Eng. godspel, i.e. good news, a translation of Lat. bona annuntiatio, or evangelium, Gr. evayyeXwv; cf. Goth. iu spillon, " to announce good news," Ulfilas' translation of the Greek, from iu, that which is good, and spellon to announce)

Gospel, mainly on two grounds, (i.) the fact that,in spite of its striking See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character, it is omitted by the Synoptists, and (ii.) its unique significance . The See also:

• PERSONALITY (from Lat. persona, originally an actor's mask, from personare,1 to sound through)

personality of Lazarus in John's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, his relation to Martha and Mary, and the possibility that John reconstructed the story by the aid of inferences from the story of the supper in See also:

• LUKE
• LUKE, GOSPEL OF ST

Luke x . 40, and that of the See also:

• ANOINTING

anointing of Christ in Bethany given by See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

Mark and See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew, are among the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief problems . The controversy has given rise to a great See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass of literature, discussions of which will be found in the lives of Christ, the biblical encyclopaedias and the commentaries on St John . 2 . LAZARUS is also the name given by Luke (xvi .

20) to the See also:

• BEGGAR

beggar in the See also:

• PARABLE (Gr. 7apa(3oXi7, a comparison or similitude)

parable known as that of "Lazarus and Dives,"1 illustrating the misuse of See also:

• WEALTH

wealth . There is little doubt that the name is introduced simply as See also:

• PART

part of the parable, and not with any See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of identifying the beggar with Lazarus of Bethany . It is curious, not only that Luke's story does not appear in the other gospels, but also that in no other of Christ's parables is a name given to the central character . Hence it was in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early times thought that the story was See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical, not allegorical (see See also:

• LAZAR

LAZAR) .